On 3 February 2012 22:01, Jeremy Jones <jeremy.dwain.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:03 PM, David Crawford
> <davidcrawford83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ok, again thanks for everything!
> >
> > i dont know if ive been doing this the right way but entering everything
> in
> > the terminal i get these errors:
> >
> > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> >
> > and
> >
> > bash: syntax error near unexpected token ` '-i ', '
>>>>> David,
>> What was the command that you typed into the terminal?
>> In an earlier post you said you used:
> python /home/dave/uksub2srt/renamesrt.py %CHANID% %STARTTIME%
>> So to follow Raymond's suggestion and rely on the "hashbang" you would
> not include the "python" part of the command. Also since it is not a
> userjob the %CHANID% %STARTTIME% codes have no meaning and you will
> need to fill in a valid channel id and valid start time from a valid
> recording.
>> The command line would look something line:
> /home/dave/uksub2srt/renamesrt.py <fill_in_your_channel_id_here>
> <fill_in_your_start_time_here>
>> Remember what you learned about the brackets from one of the previous
> emails.
>> Jeremy
>>>> PS: (Just for future reference)
> You may not have noticed, but most of us have been replying below the
> text of the previous email. When you reply and include the text
> above, it is known as 'top posting' and many people really do not like
> that on email distribution lists.
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Thanks Michael and sorry about the top posting
sorry to be more of a pain but im getting this error now after trying
exactly what u just said:
bash: syntax error near unexpected token '1010'
(1010 is the chanid)
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